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Medium
CVE-2005-2693
cvsbug in CVS 1.12.12 and earlier creates temporary files insecurely,...
Vulnerability Description
cvsbug in CVS 1.12.12 and earlier creates temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1667
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=166366
- ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:20.cvsbug.asc
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-756.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16765
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014857
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-802
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-806
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10835
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
cvs
Vulnerable Versions:
1.12.12
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 25th, 2005
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.